Metal container



Aug. 16 J. H. O'NEIL METAL CONTAINER Filed June 23. 1926 gwuentozportion 1 provided with Patented Aug. 16 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,639,349 PATENT OFFICE.)

JAMES H. ONEIL, OF SYRACUSE; NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CONTINENTAL CAN COM-PANY, INC., .01 NEW YORK, Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

METAL CONTAINER.

Application filed Iune 23, 1926. Serial-No, 118,064.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in sheet metalcontainers, and

more particularly to a sheet metal container which is provided withmeans whereby the same may be easily opened. An object of the inventionis to provlde a sheet metal container having a main body portion with anauxiliary body portion attached to the main body portion and extendingabove the upper edge thereof,'which auxiliary bodyportion is eitherformedzof metal easily severed, or with a scoring l1ne so that it may beeasily ruptured, said container also having an end portion which 1sadapted to be double seamed on to the extension of the body, and saidend portion being provided with a depressed portion extending into andfrictionally engaglng the inner surface of the main body portion.

A further object of the invention is to.

provide a sheet metal container of the above type, wherein said bodyportion 1s provlded with an inwardly pro]ecting shoulder against whichthe depressed portion of the can end bears so as to prevent the crushingof the auxiliary body portion by endwise pressure on the closedcontainer.

In the drawings which show by way of illustration one. embodiment of theinvention- Figure 1 is a sectional view through a portion of a metalcontainer on an enlarged scale, which container embodies my inventionFig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a slightly modified formof the invention, and i v o Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, butshowing a still further modified form of the invention.

The improved metal container is formed of sheet metal and includes amain body 1 which is preferably cylindrical in shape. Attached to thismain body port1on is a cylindrical auxiliary body portlon or extension2. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the main body portionis an inwardly extending shallow bead 3, and the auxiliary body portion,2 is bent inwardly at 4 so asto fit in a recess formed by this shallowbead. The auxiliary body portion is preferably secured to the p mainbody portion by soldering along the lower edge thereof. The mam bodyportion terminates at 5, and the auxiliary body pormade of taggers tin,althou h it may be made of the ordinary standard tin, and

:auxiliary body portion, and also down into the main body portion wheresaid end makes frictional contact therewith as shown at 7 in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing. This end 6 is applied by the manufacturer, and rthe otherend applied bythe packer.

The end is secured to the auxiliary body portion 2 by an ordinary doubleseam 8. The central depressed portion of the end extends 'into the mainbody portion until it is firmly seated against the hollow shallow bead3. The auxiliary body portion 2 is preferably rovided with scoring linesfor key open ing. The essentialfeature is that the opening of thecontainer "shall be accomplished by the severing or rupturing of thisauxiliary body portion or extension of the main body portion. 7

The depressed portion of the can end 6 is provided with an inwardlyextending shallow bead 9 in the side wall thereof. The purpose of thisshallow bead is to provide a space 10 between the wall of the end andthe auxiliary body portion. When it is desired to open the container, asharp instrument may be run along the lower edge of the double seam andthe point will cut through the taggers tin. The space 10 provides ampleroom for the penetrating end of the instrument so that theinstrumentmayreadily follow around the double seam. It is understood, of course,that the drawing is much enlarged and exaggerated as to. the shaping ofthe parts, and the shaping of the parts maybe modified, the essentialfeature being that a space is provided on the inside of the wall of theextension of the body of the con- .tainer so that said extension may bereadily severed at some point'a-bove' the end 5 of the mainbodyportion'of the container, and preferably close to said end. Thedepressed portion of the end fits into the main body ortion andfrictionally engages the same. Therefore, after the end has beenseparated from the body of the container, it may be readily used as are-closure. Said depressed 110 portion also rests on the inwardlyprojecting part of the main body portion, and therefore, any endwisepressure due to the stacking of the closed containers one on another,will not crush or collapse the auxiliary body portion along the lineswhere it is scored, or if the taggerstin is used. It will be understoodthat other materials may be used than the taggers tin for providing anextension for the body portion, but it is essential that the materialshall be easily severed or ruptured so that the container may be openedafter the manner stated above.

The container shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing is similar in constructionto that shown in Fig. 1, except' the hollow bead in the main bodyportion of the container is omitted, and said upper end of the 'mainbody ortion is rolled into a head 11. In this orm of the invention, thedepressed portion of the end 6 is made'to extend into the main bodyportion and is provided with a shoulder 12 which rests on the bead 11.Otherwise, the container is similar in construction to that shown inFig. 1.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slightly further modified form of thecontainer, in that the auxiliary body portion 2 is secured to the mainbody portion 1 by a folding of the wall of the body portion inwardly andback upon itself as indicated at 13. The lower end of the auxiliary bodyportion 2 is bent inwardly at 14 and is gripped by the folded part ofthe main body portion. It may also be soldered so as to make a tightconnection therewith. The depressed portion of the end rests against theinwardly bent portion of the body after the manner above described. 7

It will be obvious that minor changes in the details of construction andthe arran ement of the parts may be made without eparting from thespirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

' Having thus described the invention, what 1 claim as new and desireto. secure by Letters-Patent, is-

.A container including a main body portion having an inwardly projectingshoulder formed therein, an auxiliary body portion extending down oversaid main body portion and secured thereto at its lower end, saidauxiliary portion extending above the upper edge of said main bodyportion, an end connectedto the auxiliary body portion by a double seamand having a depressed central portion adapted to extend down into saidauxiliary body portion and said main body portion and rest against theshoulder in said main body portion m as to. prevent endwise pressure onthe closed container from distorting or rupturing the auxiliary bodyportion, said auxilia body portion being formed of metal whic 'is easilysevered or ruptured.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

JAMES H. ONEIL.

